Education Case Manager - Rapid Rehousing

Position: Employment and Education Case Manager - Rapid Rehousing
Overview

Our Commitment to Equity

You will provide culturally competent, and strength-based employment and education support to young adults in permanent and long-term housing programs by identifying participant career goals, supporting with career development, and assisting in navigating employment resources and application. You will be providing services across King County in YMCA locations, shelters, or other convenient community locations. The position is hybrid, with office and community-based days at least 2-3 times per week.

The goals of the Community Housing Employment and Education Specialist include providing time limited intensive employment coaching, developing partnerships with employers across King County, and providing regular resource consults with permanent housing clients. You will collaborate with co-workers, supervisors, outside professionals, and others involved in delivering resources to support young adults' housing employment and education goals.

This position is at the Social Impact Center Y, the social services branch of YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS). The mission of the Social Impact Center Y is to accelerate young people's ability to build safe, successful, and happy lives. Every year, we serve 5,000 children, youth, young adults, and families across King County with programs that aim to strengthen young people's ability to develop to their fullest potential through four strategies: reducing risk factors;

navigating systems towards successful life transition; ensuring stability, safety and wellness in times of crisis; and building competencies and social capital. The Social Impact Center Y's programs include housing, behavioral health, foster care licensing, violence prevention, education, and employment. Many of the young people we serve have had involvement in the foster care, criminal justice system, and/or homelessness systems.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with expected hours of Monday-Friday 9-5 with occasional evening and weekends as needed.

What You Will Get From Working at The Y

* Membership to the YMCA of Greater Seattle for you and your household

* Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance

* Retirement with generous employer contributions

* Free access to mental health resources

* Rapidly accruing paid time off (PTO)

* Discounts on qualifying YMCA of Greater Seattle childcare, day camp, overnight camp and outdoor leadership programs. 25% for part-time staff, 50% for full-time staff

* Some benefits only available to full-time staff

Hiring Range: $24.50 - $27.50/hour

Responsibilities

* Receives referrals from permanent housing case managers to connect clients to relevant employment and/or education.

* Provides intensive case management for 90 day intervals focusing on employment and education goals. Connects with clients on a weekly basis while receiving employment and education services. Can be more often if needed and can decrease in frequency as goals are achieved.

* Using motivational interviewing, connects directly with young adult participants from YSIC permanent housing programs to create or build resumes, establish interviews, complete job applications, obtain necessary documentation, and explore career paths.

* Attends relevant job fairs, interviews, and info sessions with clients. Actively engages with community resources to be able to quickly connect participants to relevant organizations.

* Supports clients in developing a clear plan to achieve their employment and education goals and holds them accountable to such goals.

* Creates and upholds partnerships with potential employers and community based employment and education resources.

* Tracks employment trends in King County and adjusts strategies to gain employment as needed.

* Hosts regular workshops and/or events for participants to attend to support with skill development and employment outcomes.

* Collaborates effectively with case managers, supervisors, peers, and outside professionals to meet the needs of housing program participants.

* Completes required documentation within program deadlines and reports all critical incidents and adheres to YMCA program rules and…